America’s growing food mountains

Two years ago, high food prices encouraged U.S. farmers to expand operations. Now, a strong dollar and competing supplies from Brazil to Ukraine has left the world’s top food exporter with a massive crop glut

Corn 44,198,334 tonnes in storage

Soybeans 5,361,463 tonnes in storage Prices of corn and soybeans – America’s biggest crops – down by more than half since 2012

Frozen fruit 689,461 tonnes

Poultry 594,207 tonnes

Cheese 562,455 tonnes

Butter 150,593 tonnes

Includes 171,005 tonnes of strawberries

Eggs: With more than 100 billion being produced, prices have plunged some 300% to as low as $0.99 (€0.89) per dozen

Milk  Record production of 90.8 billion litres

Source: USDA, Associated Press, Bloomberg

Main picture: Associated Press